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In reply to the discussion: KRUGMAN: 'We can’t have REAL debates, because the cockroaches and zombies get in the way' [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)actually i've been observing and talking about talk radio for 20 years. if you would like me to elaborate on how RW radio has been kicking liberal ass while getting a free speech free ride from those liberals i can elaborate.
'It was "stupid liberals" that instituted the restrictions that did exist and it's the "stupid liberals" that have been trying to get the cognitively challenged to see this problem for decades.'
- talk radio has been instrumental in the deregulation and stopping regulation. it's ALEC's most important tool- ignored. liberal activists, protestors, and the prog orgs have been wasting great amts of time and donations all because they let a few think tank-scripted blowhards yell over them.
and, for eg, if you are a student or are a college grad of one of the major universities it is likely that your school sports mascot is being rented to a major RW radio station to give it community cred and bring in ad dollars while it attacks teachers, unions, public ed, student loans, and leads the way in global warming denial. https://sites.google.com/site/universitiesforrushlimbaugh/
to continue to allow those unis to piss all over their mission statements without a whimper of protest is either stupid or ignorant.